178 CATALOGUE OF 



supeians. Segmenta thoracis el abdominis angiilis posticis productis 

 aciitis. Cerci brevissinii. Pedes breves, robusti. 



Male. Body elliptical, convex. Head narrow, transversely furrowed, 

 slightly keeled between the fmrow and the mouth. Eyesnearly connected. 

 Antennae slender, submonilifoini. Prothorax semici'.cular, extending much 

 beyond the head, and forming a complete hood over it; sides beneath flat; 

 disk beneath concave; hind anj^les, like those of the mesolhorax, of the 

 metalboiax and of the dorsal abdominal segments, prolonged and acute. 

 Mesothorax and metathorax extending very much beyond the sides of the 

 pectus. Dorsal abdominal segments diminishing from the first to the last 

 in extension beyond the ventral segments ; supra-anal lamina entire. Cerci 

 very short. Legs short, slout ; libiae with short spines ; first joint of the 

 tarsi as long as the second and third together ; arolia large. 



27. Peeisph^rfa mueina. 



Mas. Nigra^ elliptica, subliibcrculata, cincreo tomentosa ; caput suhlililer 

 punctaiian, testaceo fasciatum ; thoracis latera subttis testacea. 



Male. Black, elliptical, dull, minutely tuberculate and with cinereous 

 tomentum, shining and minutely punctured beneMth. Head minutely punc- 

 tured, with a testaceous band near the nioulh. Eyes livid. Thorax testaceous 

 beneath on each side of the pectus. Length ol the body 13^ lines. 



fl. East Africa. Presented by Earl Russell. 



28. Perisph^ria teerestris. 



Foem. Ferritginea, elliptica, opaca,.<subconvexa,subiuberculata, nubiiliter 

 punctata, subtus nigra ; caput nigrum, margine aniico fulvo ; oculi 

 invicem remoti ; prothorax fere semicircularis, margine postico, suh- 

 rolundala, angulis posticis subproductis, ni eso thoracis et metalhoracis 

 anguli poslici producti ; lamina supra-analis Integra; cerci bre- 

 vissimi ; pedes nigri, breves, robusti, trochanteribus genubusque rujis 

 ant fulvis, tar sis subtus fulvis. 



Female. Ferruginous, elliptical, dull, slightly convex, minutely 

 punctured, slightly tuberculate, black and shining beneath. Head con- 

 cealed by the vaulted part of the prothorax, which extends beyond it ; 

 fore border tawny. J^yes wide apart. Antenna; black; second joint 

 reddish. Prothorax as long as half its breadth, nearly semicircular; fore 

 border not truncated ; hind angles slightly elongated; hind border slightly 

 rounded in the middle. Mesothorax and metathorax with elongated hind 

 angles. Supra-anal lamina entire. Cerci extremely short. Legs black, 

 short, stout ; trochanters and knees red or tawny ; femora unarmed ; tarsi 

 tawny beneath ; arolia rather small. Length of the body 6—8 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



b. Interior of South Africa. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



c. ? Presented by Sir J. Liddell. 



29. Perisph.eria laminata. 



Foem. Nigra, elliptica, convexa, dense tnberculata, subtus glabra ; caput 

 margine aniico testaceo; oculi invicem sat late remoti; antennce 



